Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis is a wakizashi attributed to Kanetaka of Mino province, dating to the late Muromachi period (Eiroku era). It features a robust width, a bo-hi (fuller) that extends through the tang, and an extended kissaki, evoking the grandeur of o-suriage (greatly shortened) ancient famous swords from the Nanbokucho period. The tang, meticulously finished with fine yokoyasuri, shows traces of a red lacquer mei, suggesting it was once attributed to smiths like Shizu.
NihontoWatchOffered by Choshuya
Mino · around 1558-1570
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The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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